Worst song ever?

[Shawnski]

I can tolerate most of the songs listed here with a couple exceptions. The one that I can't stand though is Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm.

[Displaced Flames fan]

November Rain? Lightning Crashes? Great tunes. You people are HIGH!

I agree with many of the suggestions and fortunately have never heard many of them as well! I'll add a couple nominations of my own...

All Star- Smashmouth (ipecac substitute)

Two Princes- Spin Doctors (Worst band ever)

[burnin_vernon]

Originally Posted by jammies

Oh yah, and "Didn't you kill my Brother?" by Right Said Fred, another 80s song that cements that decade's rightful claim to the "worst music ever".

That was by Alexei Sayle, unless RSF covered it for some weird reason.
Intended as a comedic thing, but I didn't really get it. Then again, I was probably 8 when I heard it.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by burnin_vernon

That was by Alexei Sayle, unless RSF covered it for some weird reason.
Intended as a comedic thing, but I didn't really get it. Then again, I was probably 8 when I heard it.

There's a name I haven't heard in a while. Anyone else a fan of The Young Ones? Great comedy series from the BBC.

[Muta]

I remember in '03 or '04 it was, the Student's Union at the U of C didn't stop playing the Hamster Dance in Mac Hall for a week in order to garner donations. They'd turn it off once they had enough donations. And they were playing it on BIG-ASS speakers, too. Problem is, they needed ALOT of money, and students have NO money, so this went on forever.

This kind of blackmail is what turned me off from anything SU-related besides Bermuda Shorts day.

[4X4]

Ok ok, I've got it. Many of you are going to hate me for reminding you of this song, but I have to do it...

Are You Jimmy Ray

[Muta]

Originally Posted by 4X4

Ok ok, I've got it. Many of you are going to hate me for reminding you of this song, but I have to do it...

Are You Jimmy Ray

B***h.

[Resolute 14]

Who wants to know?

Other honourable mentions for me, some of which have personal connections are:

My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
Joey - Concrete Blond -- This was the first song I heard on the radio on the day a classmate of mine, named Joey, died. Haven't been able to listen to it since
Anything by Oasis - Three minutes of whining followed by two minutes of a bad guitar solo
Oops, I did it again - Britney Spears
Caged Rat - Soul Asylum - A giant black mark on perhaps the best 90s album ever, IMNSHO
I Wish - Skee-Lo

[Bench Warmer]

Butterfly Kisses. Can't remember who sang it but the sappiest piece of 15 minutes of fame cr@p ever.

[Jason14h]

I remember in '03 or '04 it was, the Student's Union at the U of C didn't stop playing the Hamster Dance in Mac Hall for a week in order to garner donations. They'd turn it off once they had enough donations. And they were playing it on BIG-ASS speakers, too. Problem is, they needed ALOT of money, and students have NO money, so this went on forever.

Yeah that was a great promtion, piss off the people you want to give you there money. A perfect example what is wrong with Students Union at U of C. I purposely didn't donate just because of the lameness of the stunt. Good way to prepare people for life after school. Just try and be annoying and you'll get what you want!

[ZDogg]

Two words for you.... Simple Plan.

[troutman]

Blender's amusing 50 worst songs ever:

http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=786

Including, the song that shares the name with the author of this thread:

37
GERARDO
“Rico Suave” 1991
He was Vanilla Ice for the Telemundo set

Long before Ricky Martin lived la vida loca, another fleet-footed, sexually ambiguous Latino star crossed over to pop-chart glory by turning an otherwise forgettable dance-pop tune into a ubiquitous and dreaded catchphrase. In the verses, this Don Juan in a bandanna boasted about his insatiable libido over a cheesy Casiotone beat, but it’s the chorus that really sticks in our cabeza: Reeeeeeeco. Suuaaaaaave. No es bueno.

Worst Moment Nothing brings a dance floor to a screeching halt like the line “I’m used to good ol’-fashioned homestyle Spanish cooking/If I try that, I’ll be puking.”


My vote for worst song:

12
THE BEACH BOYS
“Kokomo” 1988
They might as well have just pissed in Brian’s sandbox

The Boys’ Cocktail soundtrack single was their first number 1 since “Good Vibrations” 18 years earlier. But chart position is all the songs have in common. “Good Vibrations” is a glorious slice of Brian Wilson–penned pop perfection; “Kokomo” is a gloopy mess of faux-Carribean musical stylings cowritten by Mike Love. It’s all anodyne harmonizing and forced rhymes (“To Martinique, that Montserrat mystique!”) that would have driven Brian totally nuts had he not been totally nuts already.

Worst Moment The most diabolical rhyme is saved for, um, first: “Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take ya!”

[Cowperson]

"Feelings"

Kill me before I ever have to hear that again. A product of the 70's and all over the radio at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feelings_(song)

Cowperson

[habernac]

Originally Posted by troutman

Blender's amusing 50 worst songs ever:

http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=786

Including, the song that shares the name with the author of this thread:

37
GERARDO
“Rico Suave” 1991
He was Vanilla Ice for the Telemundo set

Long before Ricky Martin lived la vida loca, another fleet-footed, sexually ambiguous Latino star crossed over to pop-chart glory by turning an otherwise forgettable dance-pop tune into a ubiquitous and dreaded catchphrase. In the verses, this Don Juan in a bandanna boasted about his insatiable libido over a cheesy Casiotone beat, but it’s the chorus that really sticks in our cabeza: Reeeeeeeco. Suuaaaaaave. No es bueno.

Worst Moment Nothing brings a dance floor to a screeching halt like the line “I’m used to good ol’-fashioned homestyle Spanish cooking/If I try that, I’ll be puking.”


My vote for worst song:

12
THE BEACH BOYS
“Kokomo” 1988
They might as well have just pissed in Brian’s sandbox

The Boys’ Cocktail soundtrack single was their first number 1 since “Good Vibrations” 18 years earlier. But chart position is all the songs have in common. “Good Vibrations” is a glorious slice of Brian Wilson–penned pop perfection; “Kokomo” is a gloopy mess of faux-Carribean musical stylings cowritten by Mike Love. It’s all anodyne harmonizing and forced rhymes (“To Martinique, that Montserrat mystique!”) that would have driven Brian totally nuts had he not been totally nuts already.

Worst Moment The most diabolical rhyme is saved for, um, first: “Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take ya!”

1
STARSHIP
“We Built This City” 1985

enough said...

[troutman]

VH1, Worst 50 songs (#1, Starship, We Built This City):

http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/50_most...ountdown.jhtml

MacArthur Park:

http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/WORST.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...the_worst_ever

[Engine09]

Anything by Nickelback, that band should die in a fire.

[icecube]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

Cher - Believe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usmZr9hZZPc

Or any other song where they synthesize your voice to sound like a friggin robot.

You win.

[icecube]

Originally Posted by Bench Warmer

Butterfly Kisses. Can't remember who sang it but the sappiest piece of 15 minutes of fame cr@p ever.

Never mind. New winner.

[CaramonLS]

BILLY RAY CYRUS
“Achy Breaky Heart” 1992

At least the haircut never caught on. Oh, wait…

Country, but not as we know it. Written by Vietnam vet Don “Pickle Puss” Von Tress in the style of a brain-dead “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Achy Breaky Heart” represented every prejudice non-believers have about country: It was trite, it was inane, it was big in trailer parks and it was thoroughly enjoyed by the obese. Strangely, it was covered by Bruce Springsteen, with slightly less irony than you might imagine; still, this does not make it good.

Worst Moment An instrumental break that single-handedly rejuvenated the line-dancing fad.

Dear god, who can forget this piece of work. I remember doing line-dancing in junior high to this tune, our gym teacher put this on a loop with "Cadillac Ranch", we probably heard this song about 100 times (no lie) while we were practising slap leather.

Wow, that was a horrible recollection.

[J pold]

Speaking of high school line dancing

Love Shack…God awful song